Mon.Jan 30, 2023

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The UK had a record wind power year in 2022

A Greener Life

A huge jump This represented a huge jump compared to the output in 2021 which was 21.8%. Electricity output from the UK’s gas power plants was also up from 2021, but only slightly at 38.5%, up from 37.8% of electricity in 2022 – in 2021 that number was nearly double that at 10.3%. the previous year.

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Minnesota: Will This Be the Year for a 100-Percent Carbon-Free Electricity Policy?

Union of Concerned Scientists

Notably, in September 2021 Illinois enacted the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act , which increased the state’s renewable portfolio standard to 50 percent by 2040 and puts Illinois on a path to 100-percent carbon-free electricity by 2045.

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Oil Companies Plan to Take the Road Already Traveled

Union of Concerned Scientists

The report also says ExxonMobil expanded its Low Carbon Solutions business—spun out as a separate company in 2021—by “focusing on competitively advantaged opportunities in carbon capture and storage, hydrogen, and biofuels.” That means Exxon still plans to spend the vast majority of its funds on fossil fuel exploration and production.

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Gas, Guns, and Governments: Financial Costs of Anti-ESG Policies

Environmental News Bits

In 2021 Texas enacted laws that prohibit municipalities from contracting with banks with certain ESG policies, leading to the exit of five of the largest municipal bond underwriters from the state. Download the paper. We study how regulation limiting ESG policies distorts financial market outcomes.

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Songbird species work together to mob predator owls, but only strike when the time is right

Frontiers

Mobbing provoked by playback of owl calls Throughout 2020 and 2021, Scott and Robinson played back recordings of the advertising call of the northern pygmy owl a total of 663 times from 547 different locations at altitudes between 80 and 1,200 meters, to provoke mobbing.

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Master Watershed Steward Program Statewide Accomplishments In 2022

PA Environment Daily

In their collective efforts with local conservation organizations this past year, the Master Watershed Stewards-- -- Educated 61,710 adults and children about water stewardship --Assisted 87 municipalities with their required stormwater education and outreach -- Gave 71 presentations to local community organizations and organized 102 workshops -- Set (..)

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Federal Water Tap, January 30: Valuing Nature: White House Publishes Natural Capital Accounting Strategy

Circle of Blue

President Biden delivered an executive order in January 2021 stating that climate change is “an essential element of United States foreign policy and national security.” Cobb, an environmental scientist, was a lead author for the IPCC’s sixth climate change assessment report, which was released in 2021.